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Volunteer Opportunities

THE INFORMANTVol. 6 No. 6 August 2004

2004 ROUND ROCK EXPRESS SEASON

Our major fund raiser is almost over. We are

scheduled to work two more games in the

Texadelphia Concession stand. Chuck Burt,Diane Gargano, and Edie Heuss will be

working the game on July 24th. Chuck has also

volunteered to work the August 7th game. Two

more volunteers are needed please sign up onthe GoClub if you havent worked a game this

season (and are TABC certified.)

BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR

The YMCA will hold a Back To School Fair onSaturday, July 31st from 6:00 pm until 9:00 p.m.

Volunteers will be needed to man a booth and

hand out public safety information. ContactRonnie Mueller at

Ronnie_mueller@rrcpaaa.org if you areinterested in volunteering.

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT

Volunteers are needed to help with this years National Night Out on Tuesday, August 3rd.

Alumni members will be paired with police

officers and will attend the neighborhood block parties throughout the City. Times are 3:30

p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Please contact Sr. Sgt. David

Pierce at dpierce@round-rock.tx.us if youwould like to volunteer.

PUMP IT UP

Volunteers are needed to assist with Pump it Up

on Thursday, August 8th from Noon to 4:00

p.m. Location for this event is 3918 GattisSchool Road. Please contact Sr. Sgt. David

Pierce at dpierce@round-rock.tx.us for more

information or if you would like to volunteer.

ACCREDITATION INSPECTION

The departments accreditation inspection will be Sunday, August 20th at 7:00 a.m. at the

Tabernacle at Old Settlers Park.

Dana and Ronnie Mueller will man the COP

vehicle and answer questions about the

program since they participated in the mockinspection.

Our VIN etching equipment will also be part ofthe inspection. Two volunteers are needed to

display the equipment and answer basicquestions about the process.

Contact Ronnie Mueller at

Ronnie_mueller@rrcpaaa.org if you are

interested in volunteering.

A.W. GRIMES AWARD

We will be presenting the A.W. Grimes award

to a Round Rock officer at the departments

annual awards ceremony. The exact date, timeand place of the awards ceremony has not been

determined but it will be sometime in

November.

Volunteers are needed to obtain nominations

and coordinate the award. Contact Ronnie

Mueller at Ronnie_mueller@rrcpaaa.org if youare interested in volunteerin .

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Newsletter of the Round Rock Citizens

Police Academy Alumni Association

Ronnie Mueller, PresidentMorris Noren, 1st Vice President

Edie Heuss, 2nd Vice President

Diane Gargano, Treasurer

Frank Gargano, SecretaryMike Goggin, Sgt.-at-Arms

Sr. Sgt. David Pierce, Liaison

Sgt. Robert Horton, COP Liaison

Sgt. Grant Golden, CPA Coordinator

RRCPAAA

615 East Palm Valley Blvd.

Round Rock, TX 78681

On the Internet at: www.rrcpaaa.org

August Program

The speaker at our August meeting willbe Nicole Jensen, Investigator in theCriminal Investigations Division of theTexas Comptroller of Public Accounts.

We will be meeting in the old patrolbriefing room on the bottom floor ofBuilding C (the building housingDispatch.)

Thanks to Program Chairperson Laura

McManus for all her hard work inscheduling speakers.

On May 6th, Officer Roddy Adcock receivedthe State of Texas Law Officer Achievement

Award for Public Service for his work with

the Alzheimers Safe Return Program.

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COP NEWS

Field Training Officers have agreed to allow COP members to ride with them in July aspart of our on-going training. The FTOs schedules are as follows:

Off. Jeff Hill 3 pm - 1 am ( 16-17-20-21-22-23-28-29-30 and 31 July)

Off. Charles Whites 6 pm - 6 am ( 16-17-18-21-22-26-27-30 and 31 July)

Off. John Schultz 6 pm - 6 am ( 26-27-30 and 31 July)

Off. John Rowe 6 am - 6 pm ( 19-20-23-24-25-28 and 29 July)

Off. Jay Ewing 6 am - 6 pm ( 19-20-23-24-25-28 and 29 July)

Sgt. Horton has discussed this with Patrol and there shouldn't be any problems. You will

need to contact the officer a couple days ahead of time. This will be an opportunity for

you to ask an FTO questions about what to look for or how to handle a specific situation

while your riding in the COPS Program.

This is something we have working on for a while and Sgt. Horton has now made it

happen. Please take advantage of this opportunity, so it doesn't go away.

When You Least Expect ItBy Mike Goggin

That fragment of the line made famous byAlan Funt of Candid Camera fame manyyears ago came to mind after a recentevening of Citizens on Patrol. Let me tellyou about it.

Karen Adair-Murphy and I began the shiftas usual, gathering our equipment andattending briefing. Sgt. Webber reportedthat Sgt Evans would not be on regularduty for some time due to an injury. Therewere also reports of a recently stolenvehicle from Austin and one of a truck froman apartment complex in south Round

Rock that was suspected of being used insome burglaries on the north side.

We began by going by to see the truck andthe area where the burglaries had taken

place while it was still light out and thenproceeded to check out the shoppingcenters, apartments, and such. Several ofthe schools had festivities that evening andso we checked those again later. As iscommon, nothing became of any of this.

After returning from code 7 (dinner), wecontinued to check different areas that we

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THE INFORMANTAugust 2004 Page 4realized we had not checked yet. In doingso, it was past 1:00 AM before wemanaged to check on the city parks withtheir midnight curfews. We proceeded intoMcNeil Park and it looked to be quiet

until we reached the restrooms and sawprobably 15-20 men standing arounddrinking beer. They didnt appear to berowdy, but still didnt belong there. Webacked out and called it in and waited toreport anything further to the officers ifnecessary. Four units went in, which waspretty exciting. It turned out they had beenplaying baseball earlier and relaxingafterwards. Being all adults, they wereadvised to leave. We did check again later

and they had.

So then we fuel the car and as wereheaded back to the station, we realize wehavent checked Old Settlers Park so offwe go. Except for a couple of thoroughfares, it looked pretty quiet. Wereached the concession stand near the ballfields on the north side and saw a lone carin the parking lot with no sign of occupantsor activity in the area. But we called it in

just the same and waited nearby. It took awhile for a unit to arrive due to higherpriority calls preempting this one.Eventually Charles Whites arrived andproceeded to check it out. He positioned

his car to light the area and thenapproached it on foot from another angle,which appeared to be pretty much by thebook to us. Soon Lloyd Bird arrived toback him up. Charles then opened the

passenger door. It took several minutes,but eventually we could tell that there wassomeone moving inside the car!

After they talked to the occupant for awhile, Lloyd motioned us to come over towhere he now was and explained that theoccupant was a 16 year old girl who hadleft a party after a disagreement with thehost, but didnt want to go home and sowas sleeping in the car in the park

where a woman was assaulted not longago. Her parents were called and soon herfather arrived and she was released to him.

So while not as exciting as seeingsomething going down, we figured weprovided something better an ounce ofprevention. Volunteering is all about tryingto do something worthwhile, and while itcan take many hours to do, when it doeshappen, its quite fulfilling. If you have an

opportunity to patrol, which can be on anynight with up to 2 cars if needed, pleaseconsider it. Something like this couldhappen to you too when you least expectit.

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Scenes from the May City Council Meeting

On May 13th, several Alumni members

attended the City Council meeting for the

reading of our proclamation declaring theweek of May 9th - 15th as National Police

Week. Chief Bryan Williams was also

sworn in and several officers were on handfor the ceremonies.

Thanks to Mike Goggin, Karen Adair-Murphy, Dana Mueller, Ronnie Mueller,

Edie Heuss, Linda Zamarippa, DebbieBruce-Juhlke, Walter Klingemann, LauraMcManus and Gary Gillespie for

attending.

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Scenes from Open House

The Police Department held an Open

House on May 29th to introduce ChiefWilliams to the community. In spite of thepouring rain, several citizens attended.

Thanks to Mike Goggin, , Dana Mueller,Ronnie Mueller, Edie Heuss, Linda

Zamarippa, Debbie Bruce-Juhlke, Walter

Klingemann, Diane Gargano, Rick Scott,Morris Noren, and Laura McManus for

attending.

A second Open House will be heldsometime in November stay tuned for

details.

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Scenes from Class 13

Officer Bobby Arrington, who heads upthe CPA Training Program, has been

recently diagnosed with a life threatening

disease. Important that we keep Bobby

and his family in our prayers

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Timesheets 101

Keeping track of your volunteer time couldnt be easier.

The Police Department began using volunteer timesheets in July 1999. Tracking volunteer time showsthe City Council and the City of Round Rock how much money is donated through volunteer hours, onboth an individual and group basis. The departments volunteer hours are reported in its quarterly

report that is presented to the City Council and also posted on the departments web page.

Any time you spend in any volunteer activity for the RRCPAAA and/or RRPD can be recorded on a

volunteer time sheet. Examples of activities that can be recorded on your timesheet are:

Attending monthly meetings

Attending board meetings

Attending committee meetings

Going on COP patrolsWorking on a specific project or event, e.g. Public Safety Day, Kids Safety Day, Warrant round ups,

SFST Training, July 4th, etc.

Working in the concession stand at Dell DiamondMaking warrant calls

Working on any committee function e.g. making phone calls, updating the scrapbook, arranging

meeting speakers, arranging socials, updating the GoClub, etc.Going on a ride-along with an RRPD officer

Serving on hiring or promotion boards

Attending state or national CPA conventions.

If you have any questions about what you can record on your volunteer timesheet, please ask Sr. Sgt.Pierce.

Timesheets are turned in once a month to Sr. Sgt. David Pierce. Timesheets can be submitted via email

(dpierce@round-rock.tx.us); via fax at 218-3267; in person by dropping off at the PD during business

hours or turned in at monthly meetings. Please note, timesheets do not need to be signed before theywill be accepted.

In order to have the volunteers hours for the previous month to the Volunteer Center in a timely

manner, Sr. Sgt. Pierce has asked that timesheets be turned in by the 7th of each month.

A blank timesheet can be downloaded from our web page at: www.rrcpaaa.org. Blank timesheets can

also be picked up in the Volunteer Office at the department (1st floor of Building B) and will beavailable at our monthly meetings. Edie has an excel spreadsheet that she uses to email her timesheet

that she would be happy to share with anyone. Please contact her at edie_heuss@rrcpaaa.org.

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Upcoming Events

July22 Executive Board Meeting

6:30 7:30 p.m.

24 Texadelphia Concession Stand Dell Diamond5:30 9:30 p.m.

31 Back to School Fair at the YMCA6:00 9:00 p.m.

August3 National Night Out

3:30 7:30 p.m.

5 Monthly Meeting

7:00 9:00 p.m.Speaker: Nicole Jensen, Investigator, Criminal Investigations Divisionof Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

7 Texadelphia Concession Stand Dell Diamond5:30 9:30 p.m.

Two more volunteers are needed.

7 Timesheets due to Sr. Sgt. Pierce

8 Pump It Up3918 Gattis School Road

Noon to 4:00 p.m.22 25 2004 State CPAAA Convention

Moody Gardens Hotel, Galveston Texas$75 registration fee See any Board member if you would like aregistration form

29 Accreditation InspectionTabernacle at Old Settlers Park7:00 a.m.

September25 Public Safety Day

Texas Baptist Childrens Home9:00 a.m. - noon

July 200528 30

2005 State CPAAA ConventionWaco Hilton

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A message from our President:

The new CPA Class (#13) is in it's 2nd month of training and participation by our alumni members hasbeen very good. Officer Bobby Arrington is doing an outstanding job of leading this group through

their various training phases. If you haven't had an opportunity to sit in on one of these training classes,I would encourage you to do so.

For those alumni members who haven't been through the COPS Training Program, the classroom part

of it will be taught on August 9th by Sgt. Robert Horton and the driving test will be on August 14th .

There won't be another opportunity to go through these until class #14 begins (not sure when that willbe).

As usual, summer time activities and vacations take their toll on members of organizations like oursfrom not participating in projects. We encourage you to give of your time when you can. Your

participation and efforts are greatly appreciated by the police department.

Ronnie Mueller10-8

Scenes from our Golfing Social

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CPA class schedule

Class

7

3 July 26 Investigations Division Overview and MissionOrganizational Structure

Major Crimes

Detectives

EvidenceNarcotics

High tech

Analysis

Class

8

3 Aug 2 Crime Scene Overview of MissionPolicy/Procedures

Equipment

Crime Scenes:Scene Security/Personnel

Evidence Recovery/Documentation

Evidence Processing (Latent exercises, etc)Practical

Class

9

3 Aug 9 Law and Policy CCP, Penal Code, TRC

Use of Force:

PolicyUOF Continuum

Prisoner Restraint

Driver Training Classroom Instruction:Legal Issues

Department Training

Abbreviated LEEVO Class

Class

10

(SAT)

4 Aug 14 Driver Training

Practical

Practical: (Dell Diamond)TML Driving Course

Controlled Braking

Evasive Lane Change

Class

11

3 Aug 16 Media Relations

Firearms Overview of Training/Qualification

Orientation of Lethal and Less-Lethal, CAPSTUN equipmentLegal Issues

Primary Weapon Operation/Maintenance (sidearm and shotgun)

Marksmanship FundamentalsRange Operations and Safety

Course of Fire

Class

12

(SAT)

4 Aug 21 Range

(Possibly at

Leander Range

date TBD)

Review of Safety

Demo of Reaction Time

Firearms Familiarization Fire (P229/Shotgum)Less-Lethal Shotgun (Demo)

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Class

13

3 Aug 30 Volunteer Program

Review

COPS, VIP, Data Entry, etc

RRCPAAA Contacts

Ronnie Mueller, PresidentRonnie_mueller@rrcpaaa.org

255-5428

Morris Noren, 1st Vice PresidentMorris_noren@rrcpaaa.org255-3904

Edie Heuss, 2nd Vice Presidentedie_heuss@rrcpaaa.org388-0456

Diane Gargano, TreasurerDiane_gargano@rrcpaaa.org246-8120

Frank Gargano, Secretaryfrank_gargano@rrcpaaa.org246-8120

Mike Goggins, Sgt.-at-Armsmike_goggin@rrcpaaa.org255-2486

Sr. Sgt. David Pierce, Liaisondpierce@round-rock.tx.us

218-6669

Sgt. Robert Horton, COP Liaisonrhorton@round-rock.tx.us218-6658

Sgt. Willie Richards, CPACoordinatorwrichards@round-rock.tx.us218-6670

Current Members

Gary Brown

Sallie Buchner

Chuck Burt

Diane Gargano

Frank Gargano

Gary Gillespie

Dana Goggin

Mike Goggin

Edie Heuss

Debbie Bruce-

JuhlkeGeorge Joos

Walter Klingemann

Larry McManus

Laura McManus

Dana Mueller

Ronnie Mueller

Karen Adair-Murphy

Morris Noren

Sheila Offutt

Wayne Pulliam

Rick ScottRay Thibodaux

Dick Widdows

Linda Zamarippa

Committee Contacts

Internet/GoclubMike GogginMike_goggin@rrcpaaa.org

255-2486

Chuck BurtChuck_burt@rrcpaaa.org

310-0852

ProgramsLaura McManus

Laura_mcmanus@rrcpaaa.org

310-1411

SocialsDana Mueller

Dana_Mueller@rrcpaaa.org

255-5428

ScrapbookLinda Zamarippa

Linda_zamarippa@rrcpaaa.org

255-2180

HonoraryMembers

Jeannie Howell

Marx Howell

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